[Tweener] AS2 hierarchy and dynamic texts

[Ernesto Quezada]

I would say this is related to a bug in AS1 and the Flash Player.
By the way, I mentioned AS1 as from AS2 you should use instance names
instead of the variable textbox (which is in fact the solution you're
after).

Salut!

On 6 April 2010 13:45, Makc <makc.the.great at gmail.com> wrote:

> some tweener features require you to import additional classes and init
> them, search mailing list archive for examples.
>
> On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 2:38 PM, <pierre_colin at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>   Hello everyone,
>> I am getting a bit confused over a what should be small problem:
>>
>> I have Flash CS3, and I am working on a project in AS2. I know my way
>> around AS2 fairly well, but I don't understand the following prolem:
>>
>> - I have a variable declared at the root of my flash document
>> - I want to use that variable in various movieclips that I load onto the
>> flash document (whether by directly placing them on a layer, or using
>> attachiMovie())
>> - as of now, here is my hierarchy structure:
>> > root
>>  >>raceModule (on a layer)
>>   >>>raceControl (on a layer)
>>     >>>> raceController (on a layer)
>>      >>>>> dataTable (attached to the movieclip)
>>
>> If I create a dynamic text on the root document and put "_root.myvariable"
>> in the variable textbox, i can see that variable well. Same thing if I put
>> the textfield in racemodule or racecontrol.
>> But it stops working when I place it in racecontroller or dataTable... The
>> odd thing is that I put a 'trace(_root.myvariable);' in raceController, and
>> it shows the varaible just fine.
>>
>> Can anyone explain to me why it wouldnot work in the dynamic textfield but
>> in the trace code? Should I be using something different? I did try _level0
>> instead of _root, but it did not work either.
>>
>> Thanks for your help!
>> Jeremy
>>
>>
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